Lexical Definition
אַשְׁפָּה ʼashpâh (ash-paw') quiver H:N-F
perhaps (feminine) from the same as אַשָּׁף (in the sense of covering)
quiver.
- a quiver or arrow-case
1) quiver (for arrows)
1a) of home, of God's instruments (fig.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַשְׁפָּה noun feminine quiver for arrows (Assyrian išpatu DlK 29) ׳א literal as part of warlike equipment Job 39:23; Isa 22:6 figurative in simile of sons of one's youth as arrows (weapons which the father may wield) Ps 127:5 אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אֶתאַֿשְׁפָּתוֺ מֵהֶם the happiness of the man that hath filled his quiver with them ! of Yahweh's quiver, in metaphor of prophet as arrow of ׳י Isa 49:2 וַיְשִׂימֵנִי לְחַץ בָּרוּר בְּאַשְׁפָּתוֺ הִסְתִּירָ֑נִי and he made me into a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me; also of quiver in which ׳י has his arrows of chastisement, בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֺ, i.e. his arrows Lam 3:13 (|| חֵץ vLam 3:12).
אַשְׁפּה quiver, see under the word
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Job | 39:23 |
| Psalms | 127:5 |
| Isaiah | 22:6 · 49:2 |
| Lamentations | 3:12 · 3:13 |